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EarlG

(21,942 posts)
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:24 PM May 2020

The Republican plan: Americans have to die for Trump's re-election

Around 30 million people have, through no fault of their own, lost their jobs in the last two months. Most of these people either can't go back to work because there's no job for them to go to, or don't want to go back to work because they don't want to catch COVID-19 and risk dying or infecting those around them.

The Republican plan to deal with this situation is:

1) Provide no additional unemployment benefits, so millions of former employees are screwed.

2) Provide no additional stimulus funds, so millions of former contract workers are screwed.

3) Abolish Obamacare, so millions of people who no longer have employer-based health insurance are screwed.

4) Cut payroll taxes, which does nothing for people who no longer have a paycheck, and also so people who rely on Social Security will be screwed down the line.

5) Pretend that the pandemic isn't as bad as it seems, so gullible people are screwed.

Why? Well, because they're a bunch of sociopaths, obviously, and cruelty is part of their political ideology.

But also, because getting Trump re-elected on the back of "the world's greatest economy of all time" was literally THE ONLY thing that Republicans were betting on this year. They know most Americans hate Trump. They just hoped that enough people would be satisfied with the economy that they would shrug and give him another four years. Running on the economy was plan A, B, C, D and E.

And now we're on plan F: Fuck you, America. Either go out there and risk catching COVID-19 or stay at home and starve to death.

All because they have this fantasy that they can somehow magically kickstart the economy before November and everybody will forget that any of this happened.

Absolutely insane.

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The Republican plan: Americans have to die for Trump's re-election (Original Post) EarlG May 2020 OP
Well said. k&r n/t Laelth May 2020 #1
I absolutely agree with this assessment Skittles May 2020 #2
GOP Greed Over People ... aggiesal May 2020 #27
Succinct and true! Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #32
The bastards would be better off feigning benevolence by extending benefits at this point. John Fante May 2020 #3
K & R SunSeeker May 2020 #4
Cruelty is part of their political ideology mcar May 2020 #5
Yep Solly Mack May 2020 #6
That's it in a nutshell malaise May 2020 #7
Repubs have gone full on Libertarian... Wounded Bear May 2020 #8
Exactly! It's the fulfillment of the GOP wet dream! n/t RKP5637 May 2020 #9
"As we in the Senate said, the President can do whatever he wants to get re-elected" struggle4progress May 2020 #10
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas May 2020 #11
And there it is. Well said, EarlG! 11 Bravo May 2020 #12
I don't want to hear another word videohead5 May 2020 #13
I'm dumbfounded how this is supposed to work in his mind Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #14
Exactly. Plan F. gristy May 2020 #15
The repugs are showing who they have always been samsingh May 2020 #16
DeSantis has designated senior living as "God's waiting room" during this time c-19 AnotherMother4Peace May 2020 #17
I realize that Americans are intellectually handicapped, but for God's sake, America... world wide wally May 2020 #18
As my friend used to say, "Kill 'em all!" rickyhall May 2020 #19
K R BadgerMom May 2020 #20
+10000 Demsrule86 May 2020 #21
Trump didn't just do nothing. PufPuf23 May 2020 #42
Who is going to bury all the bodies? (r)epuglicons hope that millions die and rid them of the erronis May 2020 #22
Insanity is part of their character. LiberalFighter May 2020 #23
I'm interested the temperature of the folks who live in The Villages Chipper Chat May 2020 #24
Trump has been campainging the last 3 years on how great the economy is. Initech May 2020 #25
Get to it peeps! warmfeet May 2020 #26
Yep, insane. Scurrilous May 2020 #28
Damn Straight Pause May 2020 #29
"Live and Let Die" oasis May 2020 #30
K&R, Same thing Hitler did uponit7771 May 2020 #31
Trump owns this virus. History books will not be kind. nt oasis May 2020 #33
They can't control which voters die. A good portion of them are going to be Republicans. Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #34
Yup, But Unfortunately for them, this plan won't bring the economy back Skraxx May 2020 #35
R&K Spot on. MerryBlooms May 2020 #36
You nailed it. MadMike47 May 2020 #37
Michigan Republicans are ChoosenWisely May 2020 #38
Gonna make an omelet..Gotta break a few eggs... Maxheader May 2020 #39
Opening too soon will kill the economy Johnny2X2X May 2020 #40
I guess the disease hasn't killed enough old rich white guys yet. tclambert May 2020 #41
Sacrifice $$$ not your life. nt live love laugh May 2020 #43

Skittles

(153,138 posts)
2. I absolutely agree with this assessment
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:31 PM
May 2020

we've always known the Greedy Old Pig party does not care about the average worker but now it is being broadcast daily in a very public way.......I think these rich assholes need to take the lead, let's see them out and about with their families

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
3. The bastards would be better off feigning benevolence by extending benefits at this point.
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:32 PM
May 2020

The unemployment rate is close to DOUBLE what it was at the height of the Great Recession. There's no quick fix for this and forcing Americans to go back to work (and into harms away) isn't going to bring back the economy President Fart Fumes inherited.

President Biden will have his work cut out for him.

mcar

(42,296 posts)
5. Cruelty is part of their political ideology
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:33 PM
May 2020

Got it in one.

Their mantra has always been, "I got mine, fck you."

Wounded Bear

(58,629 posts)
8. Repubs have gone full on Libertarian...
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:35 PM
May 2020

had one posit on another board recently that "it was good for Trump to disband the CV taskforce because the Federal government should never have done that anyway. All the states and localities should be handling their own problems."

videohead5

(2,171 posts)
13. I don't want to hear another word
Wed May 6, 2020, 05:01 PM
May 2020

About them being pro-life when they are putting the economy over peoples lives.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,402 posts)
14. I'm dumbfounded how this is supposed to work in his mind
Wed May 6, 2020, 05:07 PM
May 2020

Like people aren't going to notice bodies piling up around them? How is the economy going to come roaring back in time for November if people are too sick or.......dead........to work?! The virus is not gone and we don't have a vaccine, let alone proven and effective treatments. For the most part, once things open back up, we're going pretty much just going back to how things were in January-March with only maybe slightly more caution.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
15. Exactly. Plan F.
Wed May 6, 2020, 05:15 PM
May 2020

The Republicans are either
1. expecting to not retain power and so want to burn the place down and kill as many people as possible on the way out
2. planning on stealing the election and want to burn the place down and kill as many people as possible

This bs that I keep reading that he is doing this or that to help his re-election chances is just that. BS.

samsingh

(17,594 posts)
16. The repugs are showing who they have always been
Wed May 6, 2020, 05:19 PM
May 2020

will their supporters listen or allow themselves to be cannon fodder?

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,241 posts)
17. DeSantis has designated senior living as "God's waiting room" during this time c-19
Wed May 6, 2020, 05:26 PM
May 2020

Which senior wouldn't want to go to "God's waiting room"? FL gov DeSantis didn't mention that these seniors would rather be visiting with family, bike riding, playing cards, dancing, swimming, etc. He didn't mention the drowning feeling of not being able to breathe, the fever, the depression, the isolation, etc. etc. But hey - you get to go to "God's waiting room".

world wide wally

(21,740 posts)
18. I realize that Americans are intellectually handicapped, but for God's sake, America...
Wed May 6, 2020, 05:33 PM
May 2020

They are trying to kill you and all you can says is, "Duuh.. OK boss"

Demsrule86

(68,539 posts)
21. +10000
Wed May 6, 2020, 05:47 PM
May 2020

The Republicans have became used to being bailed out by social issues...but when the country is failing economically and a dangerous pandemic has kill thousands of Americans and will kill more than double that by November most likely, Trump is going to lose and badly.

Trump is to blame for every single death. He cared more about his reelection than the American people and did nothing during the early days when it mattered.

This could be the realignment election, we have been waiting for. We may win the Senate, additional seats in the House and a landslide presidential election.

PufPuf23

(8,764 posts)
42. Trump didn't just do nothing.
Thu May 7, 2020, 08:40 PM
May 2020

Trump called CV19 a Democratic hoax, ignored everything he was told, and dismantled what was in place to deal with such a crisis.

erronis

(15,220 posts)
22. Who is going to bury all the bodies? (r)epuglicons hope that millions die and rid them of the
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:27 PM
May 2020

"social benefits" - Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid.

SF writers have foretold this scenario when those in the gated communities can't leave because the outside environment is so toxic.

All those multi-million yachts and secluded island sanctuaries won't last for that long. In 20-30 years, your havens will be over-run with desparates (and deplorables) and rodents looking for food.

Grave-diggers and morticians may be a niche occupation for a little while, but because they are probably more exposed, they will be digging their own.

Chipper Chat

(9,676 posts)
24. I'm interested the temperature of the folks who live in The Villages
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:59 PM
May 2020

Florida that is. Are they still 99% for The Orange Lard Ass or are there any cracks?

Initech

(100,059 posts)
25. Trump has been campainging the last 3 years on how great the economy is.
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:06 PM
May 2020

COVID is showing just how broken our economy really is, and Trump doesn't like it. He wants to get back out to doing those damn MAGA rallies and take a victory lap.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
26. Get to it peeps!
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:08 PM
May 2020

We have a POS (oops, POTUS) to reelect.

for potus reference

for tRump reference

Fuck it, let's throw the asshole in prison.

Throw every one of these assholes in prison.

 

Pause

(31 posts)
29. Damn Straight
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:20 PM
May 2020







At least here in Oklahoma we can go out stoned.








I still think pot can save the planet

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
34. They can't control which voters die. A good portion of them are going to be Republicans.
Thu May 7, 2020, 10:31 AM
May 2020

Doesn't seem a like a good plan to me.

Johnny2X2X

(19,023 posts)
40. Opening too soon will kill the economy
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:00 PM
May 2020

That's what people need to understand, opening will be worse for the economy.Have to do it right and only do it once.

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